Splitting apart bases with a power

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The discussion centers on the mathematical expression (a+b+c)^n and the challenge of splitting it into the form a^something + b^something + c^something. It is established that this transformation is not generally feasible due to the presence of mixed products of powers, such as a^x * b^y, which complicates the separation of terms. The consensus is that while specific cases may allow for simplification, the general case does not permit such a straightforward decomposition.

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Say I have (a+b+c)^n and I want to split it apart into a^something + b^something + c^something. Is this easily done?
 
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Not in general. You will have products of powers of a with powers of b, etc.
 

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